Posted by ash on August 31, 2000, at 0:52:56
In reply to Re: Polypharmacy, posted by stjames on August 31, 2000, at 0:20:48
> Has anything ever worked even just a little ? Any side effects
> worth mentioning ? Have you tried MAOI's or Lith ? Stims other than
> Ritalin ? Effexor ? Any Signicicant trama in your chilldhood ?
>
> James
James,Here are the answers to your questions:
1. As far as the depression goes, I would have to say that probably nothing has worked. Fatigue or energy wise, perhaps the best I can say is that maybe the Ritalin helped 10-20%.
Ritalin is the only psychostimulant I have tried. By the way, it was no problem for me to have a nap after taking my midday 10mg dose of Ritalin.
2. Side effects have been mostly transient. By far the most common are increased sedation and even more fatigue. To a lesser extent, many medications cause me to have an overactive bladder so that I may be getting up every hour at night to rush to the bathroom (lithium was among the worst in this regard).
3 Some years back tried Parnate and Nardil, even in combination with TCA's.
4. Have also tried 300 mg Effexor, along with Serzone 450 mg, and Buspar ( another polypharmacy regimen I was on).
5. No childhood traumas or the like. I would consider my childhood as quite happy.
Thanks for your interest, James
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